Gov. Jay Inslee has taken initiatives this week to both clear the Evergreen State’s air and clean its water. Earlier this week, Inslee directed the state Department of Ecology (DOE) to work toward a cap on carbon emissions. On Friday, Washington’s “green” governor turned his attention to stronger water quality rules to protect the state’s […]
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An afternoon and evening of downtown Seattle gridlock last March proved a point: There’s nothing like an overturned semi on state Route 99, carrying a load of fish, to focus minds at City Hall. In classic bureaucratic jargon, city officials on Friday unveiled a new series of plans for “enhancing traffic management practices” to better […]
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Royal Dutch Shell, while cutting capital investment elsewhere in the world, has embarked on its long-delayed drilling in Alaska’s Arctic waters. The oil giant is using a giant rig — the Transocean Polar Pioneer — that “kayaktivists” tried to block on its arrival in Seattle’s Elliott Bay, and when it departed for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea […]
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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, whose rallies around the country have drawn as many as 11,000 people, will speak next Saturday, August 8, at a “Social Security Works” rally in Seattle’s Westlake Park. Although not officially an event in his bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, Sanders’ speech will be the first time in […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard began detaining anti-Shell kayakers in Portland’s Willamette River late Thursday, the Portland Fire Department’s high-rescue team removed protesters who had rappelled off the St. Johns Bridge, and a U.S. District Court judge in Anchorage slapped Greenpeace with a stiff fine if it continues to obstruct the Alaska-bound icebreaker Fennica. Power cleared […]
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Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday announced an “action plan” to make Seattle a safer city for its gay, lesbian and transgender population and to counter what has been a serious uptick in hate crimes and confrontations in a LGBT-friendly city. While Seattle has made “more progress than almost anyplace in the world,” said the Mayor, […]
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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is using the controversy over Planned Parenthood, caused by heavily edited undercover videotapes made by anti-abortion groups, to raise cash for her 2016 reelection campaign. Senate Republicans have scheduled a vote next week to end all federal funding of Planned Parenthood — although the money goes for such services as breast […]
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Donald Trump has a clear, substantial lead over fellow Republican presidential candidates, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released a week ahead of the first debate of GOP contenders. The real estate mogul is apparently unharmed by recent remarks about Sen. John McCain’s war record and the “losers” he is running against. Trump is […]
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